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Ludwig Wittgenstein
If we spoke...
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
Don't get involved...
Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single...
A new word...
A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.
Source:...
A serious and...
A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
A philosopher who...
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the...
I sit astride...
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at...
In order to...
In order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we...
A picture is...
A picture is a model of reality.
Source: 'Tractatus logico-philosophicus'
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A man will...
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him...
No one likes...
No one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so much better if the other person doesn't show he's...
Humor is not...
Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi...
Philosophy limits the...
Philosophy limits the thinkable and therefore the unthinkable.
Source: In Webster's...
A confession has...
A confession has to be part of your new life.
Source: Culture and Value (ed. by G....
Philosophy is like...
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve...
Nothing is so...
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
Source: Culture and Value (ed....
Logic takes care...
Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
Because our goals...
Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but...
Uttering a word...
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
Source:...
One often makes...
One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
Source: In
Resting on your...
Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your...